Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior

April 7, 2017November 24, 2016 by Brian Wang

Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have determined. Scientists examined part of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region, in the mid-northern latitudes, with the orbiter’s ground-penetrating Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument. Analyses …

Where fixed wing aircraft cannot fly and helicopters cannot land new fancraft can robotically fly

April 7, 2017November 17, 2016 by Brian Wang

In January of this year, the Air Mule took its first flight: a short, wobbly hop from the side of a parking lot to a space a modest distance away. On Tuesday, Air Mule makers Urban Aeronautics announced two major feats for the Air Mule program. The first is a new name: Cormorant, after the …